Category - Data & Analytics

Is Missing Facility Data Costing Your Project? How much do you enjoy playing the game telephone? If you’re not familiar with the classic children’s game, players sit in a line and whisper one word or phrase into...

New research by Construction Manager and software company PlanGrid highlights the need for technology to solve the productivity and labour crisis within construction. The productivity crisis in the construction sector...

Getting the Right Facility Data for O&M Success What’s the story of your latest project? Did it go something like: “Once upon a time, there was a big area of land. On that land, a big building was constructed. There...

3 Compelling Reasons to Invest in More Tech on the Jobsite With over $10 trillion of goods and services generated every year, the construction industry is one of the largest economic sectors in the world. Nevertheless...

Did Your City Make the Cut? Amazon has always prized excellence, so it’s no surprise they’re taking their decision for the location of Amazon HQ2 very seriously. Out of 238 initial bids, the e-commerce powerhouse...

4 Ways Sensors in Construction Improve Jobsites Collectively, people have long thought about the possibilities of machines making their own decisions. The verge of that is here, with the Internet of Things (IoT). It’s...

New Construction Survey Reveals a $177 Billion Industry Problem For decades the construction industry has been watched as one of the last frontiers for a technological revolution—an industry ripe for digitization that...

Why Construction Teams Should Be Tracking Way More Than Financials How do you measure project success? For many of us, it’s easy to see financials as a leading indicator of performance. Is it over or under budget? And...

When Kiewit Technology Group conducted an internal survey of the top 500 construction companies from 1965, they were not surprised to find that 450 of these companies were no longer in business. But as the organization...

It’s official; wearables are no longer just a fad. Today, these devices are able to do way more than count steps and track your sleep habits. In particular, wearables and the Internet of Things (IoT) in construction...